price
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1.0
- noun
- /praɪs/
:
precio
- I would pay almost any price to live longer.
- pay the price
- a heavy price
- come at a price
All of them come at a price to some degree.
- All of them come at a price to some degree.
- But I'm still still paying the price for those those years now.
- I can't put a price on those days.
- Either you pay this price or your person dies.
- But there's a price, a terrible price that has to be paid.
- So they rescued us and the price was us becoming Christians.
- It's like, what is the price of being Elon Musk?
- Yes, I will pay the price to be true to myself.
- And this is kind of the price that they pay.
- But that's the price that we pay for progress.
- Tremendously inconvenient, but that's the price you pay for weight savings.
- And that's the price that they're paying for pushing back.
- Before you speak or do, you must know the price that is to pay.
- It's worth the price because Gerald will not hold back.
Examples
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Peace at any price is no peace at all.
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To achieve her dreams, she understood that there is always a price to pay in hard work and dedication.
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All of them come at a price to some degree.
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Say to yourself, this is the price paid for a calm spirit.
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Are you willing now to pay the price to build that structure?
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No matter what you want nothing is worth the price of all this.
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The island's people, over the course of decades, paid a high price in blood for their democratic institutions.
Academic text (2015) -
But there's a price, a terrible price that has to be paid.
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Yes, I will pay the price to be true to myself.
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I strayed from the path, and I paid the price.
Synonyms
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1.3
How much something is worth in money or how useful it is
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1.0
The effort, loss, or price you must pay to get something
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1.4
An amount equal to a stated sum like five dollars
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3.5
A loss of something important because of another choice
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5.9
The harm or damage an event causes to people and property
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2.8
The price something sells for in a market with many buyers and sellers
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4.3
An act of giving up something valuable or selling it for less than it is worth
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2.5
The price people pay for something like shares or houses when it is bought and sold freely
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3.4
The amount a seller wants for something that is for sale
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1.8
The amount a customer pays in a store that includes the store's extra charge
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2.1
The amount of money you pay to buy something
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3.3
How much money something is worth
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2.7
The price at which something is sold to buyers
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1.6
Money you must pay to enter a place or event
The price a buyer says they will pay for something like a house
Idioms
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7.7
A sum of money offered to catch or kill a person wanted by the police
- Informal
Something that is not related to what people are talking about
Compounds
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3.0
A number that shows how much one share of a company costs when people buy or sell it
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2.5
The price people pay for something like shares or houses when it is bought and sold freely
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3.0
A government limit on the highest price stores can charge for goods or services
- Specialized
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3.2
A number that shows how prices of goods and services change over time
- Specialized
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6.6
Charging too much money for basic items when people have no other choice
- Specialized
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3.9
An official measure of how prices people pay for goods and services change over time
- Specialized
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6.6
Competing sellers agree to keep prices at a set level to limit competition
- Specialized
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4.3
Government payments that keep the price people pay for a product like milk or wheat at a set minimum
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3.2
Companies lower prices to compete and attract customers, often causing lower profits
- Specialized
2
5.4
How expensive one thing is compared with another, for example coffee and tea
- Formal
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6.3
A number that shows changes in prices companies that make things get when they sell to shops or other businesses
- Specialized
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7.2
A number that shows how expensive a company's share is compared with its profit per share
- Specialized
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3.2
The amount a seller charges before adding sales tax or VAT, including any government help the seller gets
- Specialized
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4.1
An action that keeps prices at their current level for a set time to stop big price rises
- Specialized
A price set by a government or organization rather than by the market
- Specialized
A number that shows how prices of goods sold in large amounts change over time
How Costly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Price comes from the Latin pretium meaning 'value', and that idea of 'value' can be about more than money. That's why price can mean the cost or sacrifice you must give or endure to get something, as in 'the price of success'.